Imagine the world as it is now, but, with Elon Musk and the effect he has had subtracted from it. If you did this exercise with most people, there wouldn't rea

Imagine the world as it is now, but, with Elon Musk and the effect he has had subtracted from it. If you did this exercise with most people, there wouldn't really be much difference. However with Elon, it would be impossible to calculate the difference. PayPal probably would've still happened, but not in the same way. And there likely would've been less of a subsequent impact from the investments and experience gained by the people who worked at PayPal. Tesla has put pressure on the auto industry to be innovative in a way they hardly felt prior to Tesla. Aside from electric cars, theres the Gigafactory, and the new pressure on dealerships. Aside from SpaceX, I've only heard of Virgin Galactic in the same area... and Virgin Galactic is not nearly as advanced as SpaceX. The point is not that none of this would've happened without Elon. The point is that it /did/ happen, and it happened /because/ of Elon. Elon may not have the power of thousands of minds in his own mind, but, he has organized all of those minds in such a way that it creates new opportunities for everyone - not an easy task.